Grease paint



Patented Dec. 31, 1935 i o i I i UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicav-j GREASEPAINT Frank Factor, Beverly Hills, cam. assignor to Max Factordi 00.,Los Angeles, Calif., a. corporation of Delaware No Drawing. ApplicationDecember 4,1934,

Serial N- 755,928 y 3 Claims. (01. 167-90) This invention relatesgenerally to cosmetics, necessity to change or reapply make-up duringand has for its object to provide a new grease 1 the filming of onesequence or series of sequences. paint possessing numerous distinctadvantages Due to the intense lighting and other conditions over greasepaints of the types heretofore used. required in the photographicprocesses, there is 5 The-past practice has been to make grease atendency for the grease paints to dry and crack 5 paints either as anon-flowing paste or cream, or in short periods of time. The inventionoverin the form of a solid stick, ingredients such as comes thisdifiiculty by providing a'grease paint petroleum jelly, wax or the likebeing used to give in which the filming and solid .particle' carryingthe paint a solid or semi-solid body. It is apparingredient comprises anon-volatile oil, as disent that the pasty or solid consistency of thesetinguished from the usual grease paints in which 10 paints makes itcomparatively difficult to apply the pigment carrier is a semi-solidpaste or waxy them 1 in the most effective and advantageous substance.Another advantage of the present manner, that is, in a uniformly thincoating grease paintis capacity for carrying greater prowhich, by virtueof its uniform thinness, has the portion'ate amounts of pulverulentsolids, without desired flexibility. The reason is that paints ofresulting in premature drying and cracking as a 15 such consistency havein' themselves no appreresult of increased solid content, Inthisrespect, ciable spreadingpower and can onlybe spread the utilityofthe usual pasty'greasepaint is limby prolonged rubbing and under thepressure of V ited in that when loaded with solids ,beyond a the hand,and even then withno greater unilimiting-proportion, they become toostiff to formity than that which can result solely from spread.properlyv and display early drying and 20 movements of the hand.Additionally, the heavy cracking tendencies. s I consistency of suchpaints limits the thinness of Another characteristic ,of as usual,grease the coating that can be applied withoutextensive paintsheretofore developed is that the use of cold rubbing. cream has beenrequired toremove' themrfrom My chief purpose is to provide a greasepaint the skin, soap and water vbei'ng ineiiectivei bethat may beapplied quickly and much more eascause of the, extremely high surfacetension of ily in a uniformly thin and flexible coating, withthe oilsand. greases contained in,the paint. A out the necessity for extensivemassaging of the further object of the invention is tov provide a skin.In accordance with the invention, I'have liquid grease paint that canreadilybe removed developed a grease paint characteristically new fromthe skin with soap and water as well as with 30 and diiferent from aphysical standpoint, in that cold cream, and in this respect. w it is afree flowing liquid, instead of a solid or Generally speaking, thepresent grease paint semi-solid, having an inherently greater spread-'comprises a free flowing liquid composition ining and covering capacitythan the usual forms of cluding' a suitable oil or selected mixture ofoils, 5 grease paints. Being liquid, my improved grease a pulverulenttexture ingredient which gives the paint readily spreads when applied,and has such paint the desired body and smoothness, and sussuperiorcovering power that a small quantity pended color pigments, the shadesof which may may be quickly applied-to the skin in a uniformly vary fordifferent paints. A wide variety of oils thin coating without thenecessity for prolonged may be used, as will be readily understood by 40rubbing. Whereas there is frequently a tendency those familiar with theart, although I may cite for some or the common grease paints to dry andas typical of the oil ingredient of the paint comcrack on the skin afterlong exposure to air, parposition, the following oils and waxes whichmay ticularly where the paint fllm is comparatively be used individuallyor togetherin any desired thick, the present liquid paint remainssuiiicientproportions: Olive, almond, castor, cottonseed,

1y moist and flexible to preclude the possibility of lanolin, mineraland sulphonate'd olive and castor 4 cracking. oils, and paraffin,carnauba and japan waxes,

The present liquid grease paint has been de- The following may be citedas typical texture veloped primarily to be used in make-up formoingredients: Zinc and aluminum stearates, talc, tion picturephotography, and possesses certain kaolin and the oxides of titanium,zinc and mag- 5 characteristics that render it particularly supenesium.The suspendedpigment may consist of rior for that purpose. In the firstplace, it is any of the usual substances such as iron oxide desired toprovide a grease paint that will retain, and Lake colors. after beingapplied to the skin, its original ap- It may be stated with referenceto'the texture, pearance,-flexibility and resistance to cracking,ingredient, that titanium oxide has been found over long periods 'oftime so as to obviate any particularly suitable and advantageousinaliquid 55 2 form of grease paint. This particular oxide has anunusually great spreading capacity and, being incorporated in a liquidwhich itself has great covering' power, contributes largely to thi har tistic feature of the product.

For the purpose of setting forth specific examples of liquid greasepaint compositions coming within the purview of the invention, thefollowing may be cited as typical of a liquid paint removable from theskin either by cold cream or by soap-and water:

' Parts Olive 15 Mineral 40 15 'Surface tension re- Triethan0lamine 4ducing agencies Stearic acid 6 Texture 1ngred1ents Titanium 031 de 18Yellow iron oxide 7 Pigments Red Lake 1 Yellow Ochre 2 An optionalmixture may consist of;

25 Parts Almond 12 Oils Mineral 40 Lanolin 3 Surface tension re-'Sulphonated alcohoL 8 30 ducing agencies--- Cetyl alcohol 2 V 'I'alcKaolin 5 Texture ingredients zinc. oxide 35 Titanium oxide 10 Y Yelowiron oxide 4 In preparing the composition, referring particularly to thefirst cited composition, a mixtm'e of the olive and mineral oils,together with the dients and pigments, and the entire mixture putthrough a colloidal mill which disperses the pulcolloidal state, forminga permanent suspension.

"of the fine solid particles in the liquid.

verulent solids intothe oil inan extremely fine Triethanolamine andstea'ric acid are put into the composition for the purpose of reducingthe a surface tension of the oils'to the extent that'the paint isrendered readily removable from the skin by soap and water. In thesecond formula, the

sulphonated and cetyl alcohols are the surface tension reducingagencies. In the event it may be desired to require the use of coldcream for removing the paint, these surface tension reducing compoundsmay be omitted from the formulas. Typical oil surface tension reducingcompounds, in addition to those mentioned above, include sulphonatedalcohols, cholestrai, iso-cholestral and the glycerol stearates. I

It may be stated with reference to the liquid grease paints that whiletheir compositions may vary considerably in accordance with theparticular-characteristics desired in the product, the compositions willcontain at least substantially 35-40 parts of liquid oils, and at leastaround parts of texture oxides.

I claim:

1. A non-drying cosmetic grease paint compris ing a free flowing liquidcomposition including non-volatile oil in sufiicient proportion thatafter applied to the skin the paint forms a. flexible film that remainsmoist and resistant to cracking, a

pulverulenttexture ingredient and suspended pigproportion than any ofthe other' ingredients, so

that when applied to the skin the paint forms a flexible film thatremains moist and resistant to cracking, a pulverulenttextureingredient, and

1 an ingredientreducing the surface tension of the oil so that the paintis readily removable fromthe skin by soap and water.

3. A non-drying cosmetic grease paint comprising a free-flowing liquidcomposition including at least substantially -40 parts of non-volatieoil, so that whenapplied to the skin the oil forms a a moist film thatremains flexible and resistant to cracking, said paint also containingat least substantially 20 parts of'pulverulent texture ingredient,suspended pigment, and. an ingredient reducing the surface tension ofthe oil in said composition to render the paint readily removable fromthe skin by soap and water.

FRANK FACTOR.

